Coldplay

Coldplay 

Coldplay are an English alternative rock band formed in 1996 by lead vocalist Chris Martin and lead guitarist Jonny Buckland at University College London, After forming Pectoralz, Guy Berryman joined the group as a bassist and they changed their name to Starfish, Will Champion joined as a drummer, backing vocalist, and multi-instrumentalist, completing the lineup. Manager Phil Harvey is often considered an unofficial fifth member. The band renamed themselves "Coldplay" in 1998, before recording and releasing three EPs; Safety in 1998, Brothers & Sisters as a single in 1999 and The Blue Room in the same year. The latter was their first release on a major label, after signing to Parlophone. Coldplay has won numerous music awards throughout their history, including six Brit Awards—winning Best British Group three times, four MTV Video Music Awards, and seven Grammy Awards from twenty nominations. 2009 was their most successful year having received seven Grammy Award nominations at the 51st Grammy Awards, and won three, They achieved worldwide fame with the release of the single "Yellow" in 2000, followed by their debut album released in the same year, Parachutes, which w The band's second album, A Rush of Blood to the Head (2002), won multiple awards, including NME's Album of the Year. Their next release, X&Y, received a slightly less enthusiastic yet still generally positive reception upon its release in 2005. The band's fourth studio album, Viva la Vida as nominated for the Prize. Since the release of Parachutes, Coldplay have drawn influence from other sources , Coldplay is one of the most famous British bands in the whole world ,and the lead singer Chris Martin  is well know as well as he is married to one of the most famous actresses in Hollywood  Gwyneth paltrow and has two children apple and mosses, half of the year they live in England and half of the year the live in America .Coldplay have also been very good to charity they sold off a lot of their own instruments  for charity.